A Canadian Record Release Tour with Frederick Squire begins May 12th - dates posted here. Download Fred and Kate's new single from itunes.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010Record Release Tour...continues - Kate will be touring Eastern Canada in May with Kate Boothman of Sunbear - dates are posted here.

Recent Record Reviews - Two Song WeddingGlobe and Mail (Essential Track: ‘Bloodshot & Blistered’) - "A haunting, molasses-slow folk duet. A relationship is exhausted, like the last-standing contestants in a Depression-era dance marathon."Uncut Magazine (4/5) - "An understated clutch of folk-roots songs full of soft murmurs and quiet surprises."Americana UK (8/10) - "Beguiling, dark, and moving collection. This is real music - go buy." ...read moreNow Toronto (4/5) - "This is the sometimes-schoolteacher at her gutsy, despondent best and a great winter companion." ...read moreOttawa Citizen (4/5) - "Maki sounds confident and in control, and makes what may be her best album to date."...read moreOttawa Xpress (4/5) - "Maki's brilliance is all over this wedding - shotgun at the ready." ...read moreMontreal Gazette - "There's more to Sudbury native Maki's country-folk than meets the ear." ...read moreThe Coast Halifax - "A high-ceilinged feel, a warm, saturated sound established and maintained from the opener onward."...read moreVue Edmonton (4/5) - "Two Song Wedding feels like a journey: the ten country-tinged songs all stand together as a satisfying whole."Vancouver Indie Files - "It’s one of those records you don’t actively listen to; it’s an album you let your bones interpret."Said The Gramophone - "The piano, drums, organ and voices are like paintings of piano, drums, organ and voices - they don't change until you turn your back."

Tuesday, February 16, 2010Record Release Tour - Kate will be touring Western Canada in March with Brent Randall of The Pinecones - details are posted here.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010New Record - Two Song Wedding was released today! Listen to songs on MySpace. Recording details are posted here.

Sunday, December 13, 2009Townes Van Zandt Project - Kate recently recorded a song by Townes Van Zandt for a tribute album put together by the UK record label For The Sake Of The Song. Introducing Townes Van Zandt Via The Great Unknown features 19 interpretations by artists from around the world including fellow Canadians the Be Good Tanyas and Great Lake Swimmers. Listen to Kate's version of "I'll Be Here In The Morning" on MySpace. Visit the official TVZ Project website for more details.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Kate is home from a two month North American Tour with Great Lake Swimmers. Needless to say the tour was fantastic. Big thanks to the Swimmers for everything and then some. Thanks also to those who sang along, asked questions (ha) and purchased albums. Hopefully there will be some new tour dates soon? In the meantime, it's back to the chalk board (substitute teaching) - gasp.

In other news, On High took home Album of the Year at the Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards. Kate, Howe (Gelb) and Dave (Draves) couldn't be happier. Thank you to MFM for their continued support.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Kate will be playing in Buffalo, NY on February 16 at the Tralf Music Hall as special guest to M. Ward.

NORTH AMERICAN SPRING TOUR...Kate and her band will be opening for Great Lake Swimmers across Canada in March and the United States in April...click here for tour dates.

2008Sunday, December 28, 2008
HAUSKAA JOULUA (Wishing You a Merry Christmas in Finnish)
Kate and her band of boys/men(?) were successful in their recording endeavours last weekend and now there are two new records awaiting mixing, digitalizing, packaging, blah, blah, etc - one was recorded in the desert (Tucson, Arizona) in a studio (WaveLab) last April and one in the tundra (Sudbury, Ontario) in a basement (Kate's) last weekend. Fingers crossed that at least one of these albums will surface in 2009...

Friday, November 14, 2008
Kate has been nominated for a CBC Radio 3 2008 Bucky Award in the following category: Best Vocals - “Blue Morning” - click here to vote.

Friday, September 12, 2008
A four-star review of On High appears in this month's issue of Mojo Magazine - read it here.
Kate is joining forces with Nathan Lawr for a couple shows in Northern Ontario next weekend - go to the tour page for details.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Here is the new video for "We Are Gone" from On High directed by Scott Cudmore and filmed by Lee Towndrow. Check out some photos from the shoot at Kate's Flickr site. To watch other videos, go to Kate's YouTube page.

Sunday, June 22
The epic cross Canada tour/adventure with Nathan Lawr is now finito - check out the tour photos here. If anyone has photos or videos to share, please email them to label@katemaki.com. A few summer festival appearances in Ontario and Quebec are posted on the tour page.
Here is a stripped down version of "Blue Morning" from a Tucson church with Howe Gelb and Thoger Lund -

Sunday, May 4, 2008
Hello! Kate here behind the wheel(?). I am back in Sudbury after 3 weeks of shows and recording in the USA. I had an amazing time and would like to thank everyone who helped me out along the way. Special thanks to Celia, Jim, Howe, Sophie, Dan, Dale, Nathan, Thoger, Mello, Lori, Tommy, Jeremy, Nick, Chris, Neko, Cyril, Jesse and Sylvie. A few new photos from New York are posted here. Unfortunately I dropped my cellphone (correction, my mother's cellphone) in the toilet and lost the rest of my photos from the south...Touring continues for all of May and most of June in cities and towns across Canada. Check the tour page for details. See you soon.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Kate's in Harp Magazine this month. Look here.
New shows in New York, Arizona and California are posted here.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Read a recent interview in the March issue of Exclaimhere.
Kate just appeared on the cover of Ottawa Xpress - go here.
For more press and album reviews, go to the media page.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008
"Blue Morning" is NPR's Song of the Day - read more here.